Little Silver vs Union Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Little Silver and Union Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Little Silver and Union Beach are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Little Silver has the higher population (6,096 vs 5,722 in Union Beach). Little Silver has the higher median household income ($220,746 vs $128,400 in Union Beach). Little Silver has the higher median home value ($870,700 vs $452,900 in Union Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Little Silver	Union Beach
Population	6,096	5,722
Median age	46.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$220,746	$128,400
Median home value	$870,700	$452,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,957
Housing units	2,352	2,253
Homeownership rate	95.7%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.8%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Silver	Union Beach
Population	5,844 → 6,096 (+4.3%)	5,390 → 5,722 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$179,391 → $220,746 (+23.1%)	$87,571 → $128,400 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$642,500 → $870,700 (+35.5%)	$268,500 → $452,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,469 → $3,501 (+41.8%)	$1,698 → $1,957 (+15.3%)

Little Silver

Population

5,8446,096

Median household income

$179,391$220,746

Median home value

$642,500$870,700

Median gross rent

$2,469$3,501

Union Beach

Population

5,3905,722

Median household income

$87,571$128,400

Median home value

$268,500$452,900

Median gross rent

$1,698$1,957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Little Silver	Union Beach
Under 5	7.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	19.2%	20.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.5%
75 and over	10.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Silver	Union Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Silver	Union Beach
No high school diploma	0.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	8.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Silver	Union Beach
Drove alone	56.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	10.3%
Public transit	11.2%	6.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Silver	Union Beach
1-unit, detached	85.5%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Little Silver	Union Beach
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.7%
Average household size	2.71	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1960	1964